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  A Very McGann Christmas Happy holidays.

  

  The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. On Christmas Eve, Santa visits our annual family gathering, with 40+ McGanns in ... always gets all gussied up for the holidays. It's great to be able to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy New Year Everyone! See you in 2006.

  

  've caught up with the latest blog questions in the last entry...) See you in 2006! :-) B. P.S. A big thanks to Timur for the Santa Banners on Matt

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Events

  He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named Returns Butterless popcorn and a little magic.

  

  Pending recovery from my illness, in a few hours, I will board a bus to head here to watch this movie in IMAX. I'm a "little" excited ... waited for the bus, but it was kind of cold so we did the group huddle. My

  • by Bryan
  • November 17, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Snow(y) Day The kind of day when tea or cocoa helps in reading applications.

  

  go for a hot cup of cocoa, but I realize we don't have any in the house; I happily settle for some oolong tea. As I think more about the cocoa ... for all of the problems that exist in this world, reading your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of UROPing in few words

  

  The first month of the year is a beautiful time for students here: no ... teachers and students on Course 2 work. I talked about this in my last ... interests. Back in high school, I was really interested in the art of turning

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updating my blogger bio because its no longer accurate

  

  include in here but I’ll save those for future blog posts. I’m very excited ... bit too much a LOT And as for more logistic things I: live in my ... A couple nights ago, while my friends and I were wasting away in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 24, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  A Day at the Beach: Quick Trips From MIT The ocean is only a short train ride or drive away!

  Growing up in the Midwest, my "beach" experiences consisted of the sands of Lake Michigan or small lakes in Wisconsin and Michigan. Living (or going to college) in the Boston area is a real luxury because the

  • by mitblogs
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Events

  ZigZag 10 A new episode of MIT's video podcast, hosted by me. And there's mariachi.

  

  , Weird Al's new video has an MIT mention ("First in my class here at MIT ... very video unfriendly shirt in this vodcast! (you've been warned ... get it automatically in your iTunes, you can subscribe to the i

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / Events

  MIT Graduation Webcast You can watch MIT's Commencement live and online.

  

  , well, commence. This is an exciting day for MIT. I hope you'll check it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2006
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  If a QB applicant is admitted EA/RA, will they receive full financial aid?

  MIT practices need-blind admissions for all students, regardless of citizenship. If you're admitted through Early Action or Regular Action, MIT will ... . This usually means an award similar to the College Match Scholarship
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I join the IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge?

  supports innovation and entrepreneurship as public service through an annual competition that awards up to $20,000 per team for the best ideas to tackle
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Thoughts In which I didn't try to acquire 50 different company shirts

  

  justify getting more, especially when there's no chance of me working for most of these t-shirt bearing tech companies in this reality. Instead, I ... if any companies 1) interested me or 2) would be interested in a CMS/7

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 21, 2014
• Blog / Events

  A Morning With Sir Tim Berners-Lee This morning I attended a lecture in Stata, given by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the guy…

  

  This morning I attended a lecture in Stata, given by Sir Tim Berners ... answers questions for kids. I particularly like his answer to the last question. It was a bit weird to be sitting in the same room with the guy who

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  hello. So what do admissions people talk about for 6 days in a row, 16 ... Howdy folks, First of all, thanks so much for the phenomenal advice posted in response to my last entry about raising siblings to be friends

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Message From Ben And Matt ...regarding the recent news of Marilee's resignation.

  

  wanted to write to you as soon as possible. It's a very sad day for MIT, and especially for our office. We'll write more about it in a few days ... credentials on her resume 28 years ago in 1979, when she applied for her first

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  application anew and without prejudice in Regular Action. Many MIT students were ... feelings that you don't know how to name; that's okay, too. For now, just hold on, and we'll see you back here in March. We have posted more

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The CPW Weather Machine Strikes Again a frivolous day in the sun and grass

  

  The weather sobered up just in time for CPW, and we celebrated the sunny warmth with a spring picnic. It was a day made for frivolity. I ... to slow the breakdown of pectin in the potatoes is pretty cool). As

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’M BACK!!! This, kids, is why you should store your passwords somewhere safe, just in case Firefox…

  

  without a way to recover my saved passwords in firefox (my partially finished blogs too for that matter). So I started the arduous task of trying ... 've finally succeeded in hacking my own account, which presents a strange

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 9, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Whatever, this week rocks MIT students gripe a lot about homework. It's not all they do though, thank god.

  

  I have nothing but analysis left to do for the last Junior Lab experiment for the rest of the week. I went to the gym today, I'll probably go ... 'M IN IT FIND ME (you won't be able to, so here, I'll just tell you: I

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Harvard-MIT Student Debate on Pakistan this Friday

  

  interest in Pakistani politics: Samad Khurram and Aqil Sajjad from Harvard, and Saad Zaheer and myself from MIT. We'll each speak for ten minutes, with the remaining 50 minutes reserved for questions, answers, and debate

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • February 5, 2008